Title :
Recent Advancements of Radar Remote Sensing; Air- and Space-borne Multimodal SAR Remote Sensing in Forestry & Agriculture, Geology, Geophysics (Volcanology and Tectonology): Advances in P0L-SAR, IN-SAR, POLinSAR and POL-DIFF-IN-SAR Sensing and Ima
Author :
Boerner, Wolfgang-Martin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Abstract :
Radar Polarimetry Radar Interferometry and Polarimetric SAR Interferometry represent the current culmination in "Microwave Remote Sensing\´ technology, but we still need to progress very considerably in order to reach the limits of physical realizability. Whereas with radar polarimetry the textural fine-structure, target orientation, symmetries and material constituents can be recovered with considerable improvement above that of standard \´amplitude-only\´ radar; by implementing "radar interferometry\´ the spatial (in depth) structure can be explored. With Polarimetric Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (POL-IN-SAR) imaging, it is possible to recover such co-registered textural and spatial information from POL-IN-SAR digital image data sets simultaneously, including the extraction of Digital Elevation Maps (DEM) from either Polarimetric (scattering matrix) or Interferometric (dual antenna) SAR systems. Simultaneous Polarimetric plus Interferometric SAR Imaging offers the additional benefit of obtaining co-registered textural-plus-spatial three-dimensional POL-IN-DEM information, which when applied to Repeat-Pass Image-Overlay Interferometry provides differential background validation and environmental stress-change information with highly improved accuracy. Then, by either designing multiple dual polarization antenna POL-IN-SAR systems or by applying advanced POL-IN-SAR image compression techniques, will result in \´POLarimetric TOMOgraphic\´ (Multi-Interferometric) SAR or POL-TOMO-SAR imaging. By advancing these EWB-D-POL-IN/TOMO-SAR Imaging modes, we are slowly but steadily approaching the ultimate goal of eventually realizing air-borne and space-borne \´Geo-Environmental Background Validation, Stress Assessment, and Stress-Change Monitoring and Wide-area Military Surveillance of the Terrestrial and Planetary Covers\´.
Keywords :
digital elevation models; image registration; image texture; microwave imaging; radar antennas; radar imaging; radar interferometry; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; POL-IN-SAR digital image data sets; co-registered textural information; digital elevation maps; environmental stress-change information; interferometric dual antenna SAR systems; microwave remote sensing technology; multiple dual polarization antenna; polarimetric SAR interferometry; polarimetric interferometric synthetic aperture radar; polarimetric scattering matrix; radar polarimetry radar interferometry; radar remote sensing; repeat-pass image-overlay interferometry; standard amplitude-only radar; target orientation; textural fine-structure; three-dimensional POL-IN-DEM information; Agriculture; Forestry; Geology; Geophysics; Radar interferometry; Radar polarimetry; Radar remote sensing; Remote sensing; Spaceborne radar; Synthetic aperture radar;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 2007. APMC 2007. Asia-Pacific
Conference_Location :
Bangkok
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0748-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0749-1
DOI :
10.1109/APMC.2007.4555164